Carlow Sentinel. March 1854. Fowl Stealing. Anne Holmes was brought to court charged by Martin Clowry with having fowl in her possession which he suspected her to have stolen. He met her coming from Church Lane at Staplestown with four hens under her cloak, he thought they might be stolen and took her to McQuaides, where there was a great number of hens, the girl at McQuaides counted the hens and found that five had been taken away but those in the possession of Ann Holmes did not belong to McQuaide. On being asked by the judge where she got the four hens, she replied they were now hers and she had detailed the facts to Mr Tuckey, she knew he would tell the judges but that she was ashamed to tell the circumstances under which she got them as she could not bring herself to speak out while so many people were in court, some of them peasantry who knew nothing, and others of another class whose heads were full of knowledge ( the court fell into laughter ). She was remanded in custody for a week until the person from whom she said she received the fowl should be written to.